Light Night (OUAN402)

This is the first animation I've made this year, for a citywide event that involves large projections being lit up all over buildings. We were briefed to create a 12 frame, one second long piece to be projected that revolves around the theme of the elements.

I decided on stop motion not because I prefer it to other styles but because at this early point in the year I really have no clue how to create digital work. I shot it on my phone, which I had made a stand for out of modelling clay and then put on the ground in the park. I'm rather pleased with how it turned out. I think it moves rather fluidly, especially at the point when the post-it notes approach their highest point and start to slow down. My concern was that the animation wouldn't look great as a projection. Because I shot it outside there are things like shadows and moving tree branches and I thought that it might obscure the action or make it look cluttered. I made it very simple and used brightly coloured post-it notes to create a stark contrast of colours that could be made out over the moving background.

Were I to do it again, I would turn my phone on its side to shoot it as it would look better in a 16:9 format. On the other hand, though, shooting it vertically complimented the shape of the tree and made it more the focal point. I'd like to see what it would've looked like both ways.